What breakfast looks like in 22 countries around the world

According to Quora user Zhu-Zixin, a typical breakfast in Eastern China might include dumplings, rice with vegetable soup, fried biscuit, creamy custard with a bun, and porridge.

Quora user Britt Smith says the typical breakfast in Guyana is fish baked in salt. They also bake bread themselves.

Quora user Soheil writes that in Iran, a typical breakfast consists of sweet black tea, bread, butter, feta cheese, and sometimes fresh fruits and nuts.

Quora user Sara-Je notes that French breakfast includes tea, coffee, juice or hot chocolate, bread, butter, or pastries.

“We only eat sweet foods, no salt (no meat, no eggs, unlike people from the UK or the US, for example),” she adds.

Quora Makiko Ito reports that Japanese breakfasts fall into two categories: Wafuu (Traditional) and Youfuu (Western). A typical Wafuu breakfast consists of rice, fish, miso soup, soybeans, and nori seaweed. A typical Youfuu breakfast features buttered toast, eggs, coffee and potato salad.

Quora user Anat Penny writes that a traditional Polish breakfast is scrambled eggs with kielbasa and potato pancakes.

Quora user Jared Zimmerman says a typical South Indian breakfast is Idli and Sambar, a vegetable stew served with steamed lentils and rice bread. Also popular is Dosha, thin crispy slices filled with potatoes.

Italian user Eugenio Casagrande writes that a typical breakfast here consists of a cup of coffee with milk and a slice of bread.

Quora user Jared Zimmerman says the typical Uttapam breakfast in India consists of a pancake with vegetables served with chutney.

Quora user Daniel Rojas explains that a typical Colombian breakfast varies by region. However, the main one includes soups or cereals.

In Turkey, Quora user John Burgess shows a breakfast of cheese, olives, honey, jam, bread, scrambled eggs and fruit.

Brazilian Quora user Larisa Porto notes that Pan di Queijo (bread cheese) is served for breakfast with coffee.

From Quora user Catherine Cortez, a typical Filipino breakfast consists of scones and coffee. Tapsilog (rice with dried meat and fried egg) is an everyday food.

Quora user Oinida Kosemani writes that the tribal breakfasts are different, although they mainly include Ogi and Akara (Coarse Grains and Bean Tortillas) and also yam, fried eggs, and fried plantain.

In Venezuela, Quora user Rowan Vasquez writes that the typical breakfast here is Arepa (flat corn cake). Arepa is stuffed with various toppings such as cheese, ham, chicken or fish.

He adds: "On weekends, Venezuelans can add black beans, savory cooked with vegetables, white cheese, Perico eggs (omelet with vegetables), avocado, and Arepa to their breakfast."

Quora user Sarah Rose Jensen notes that a typical Cambodian breakfast is Kuy Teav (rice noodle soup with meat and vegetables).

Quora's Ehab Dahdouli calls the popular breakfast in Lebanon Manakish, a cheese scones served with tomatoes.

In Indonesia, Quora user Ako Saputra writes that breakfast can be rice and fried fish or fried rice and eggs, chicken porridge.

Nihari is a typical breakfast dish in Pakistan, explains Quora user Ali Abbas. This is a spicy curry meat. There are also many other interesting dishes here.

From Quora user Ahmed Bouchfaa, breakfast in Morocco is typically sweet, consisting of bread, honey, olives with Turkish coffee and mint tea.

Shakshuka is a popular breakfast dish in Israel, according to Quora user Denise Aptekar. It consists of eggs in tomato sauce.

She also adds: “The classic Israeli breakfast (in cafes and hotels) is served with cheese, scrambled eggs, tuna, olives, bread and butter / jam and salad.

A lot of fried things are served here and, in general, breakfast in this country is very rich in a variety of dishes.

Bonus! Videos of breakfasts around the world.